Quotes of the Week

It's impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously you might as well not have lived at all.
—J.K. Rowling

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can write anything good.
—William Faulkner

Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.
—Neil Gaiman

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write.
—Anaïs Nin

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.
—Anne Sexton

Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald

Never judge a book by its movie.
—J.W. Eagan

Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it.
—Jack London

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.
—Jeffery Deaver